Regional Food Hub

Project
Written By Tony Elkington

Building the infrastructure for local food supply chains

What we noticed

Getting Hertfordshire-grown produce onto local people’s plates requires physical infrastructure such as processing and storage facilities, market-places, and distribution logistics. A network of community-led food hubs would help to provide this critical capacity for a viable local food system.

What we’re doing

We’re developing plans for a regional food hub that will bring growing, processing, storage, distribution and learning opportunities together in one place. We want to build a demonstrator that can be replicated across Hertfordshire to create a thriving local food economy.

How it supports our shared vision

A regional food hub will help to relocalise our food supply – increasing our resilience against global shocks and enabling local producers to retain more value. It will also provide a place for people to come together and rebuild a strong sense of community around food.

Partners

Hertfordshire Food Partnership

get involved

Please get in touch if:

  • You are already running or developing a food hub

  • You have suggestions for a potential site for a regional food hub

  • You would like to join this project working group to help establish a regional food hub

  • You have ideas for how this project could have even greater impact

Tony Elkington
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